1. The art of dyalling in two parts The first shewing plainly, and in a maner mechanichally to make dyals to all plaines, either horizontall, murall, declining, reclining or inclining, with the theoricke of the arte. The second how to performe the selfe same, in a more artificial kinde, and without vse of arithmeticke, together with coucaue and conuex dyals, and the inserting of the 12. signes, and the howres of any other country in any dyall, with many other things to the same appertaining. The whole differing much from all that hath beene heretofore written of the same art by any other, and the greater part wrought by diuerse new conceits of the author, neuer yet extant, now published. By Iohn Blagraue ... Author/Creator: Blagrave, John, d. 1611 Publication/Creation: At London : Printed by N[icholas] O[kes] for Simon Waterson, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church yard, at the signe of the Crowne, 1609 Resource Type: Book Access & Availability: Loading
2. An apollogie confirmation explanation and addition to the Vranicall astrolabe Author/Creator: Blagrave, John, d. 1611 Publication/Creation: S.l. : T. Purfoot, 1597? Resource Type: Book Access & Availability: Loading
3. Astrolabium vranicum generale A necessary and pleasaunt solace and recreation for nauigators in their long iorneying, containing the vse of an instrument or generall astrolabe: newly for them deuised by the author, to bring them skilfully acquainted with all the planets starres, and constellacions of the heauens ... In which, agreeable to the hipothesis of Nicolaus Copernicus, the starry firmament is appointed perpetually fixed and the earth and his horizons continually mouing from west towards the east once about euery 24 houres. Fraught also by new deuise with all such necessary supplements for iudiciall astrology, as Alkabitius & Claudius Dariottus haue deliuered by their tables. Wherevnto for their further delight he hath anexed another inuention, expressing in one face the whole globe terrestriall; with the two great english voyages lately performed round about the world. Compyled by Iohn Blagraue of Reading Gentleman, the same wellwiller to the mathematicks. Anno. 1596 Author/Creator: Blagrave, John, d. 1611 Publication/Creation: [London] : Printed by Thomas Purfoot, for William Matts, [1596] Resource Type: Book Access & Availability: Loading
4. Noua orbis terrarum descriptio opti[c]e proiecta secundu[m]q[ue] peritissimos Anglie geographos multis ni [sic] locis castigatissima et preceteris ipsiq[ue] globo nauigationi faciliter applcanda [sic] per Ioannem Blagrauum gen[er]osum Readingensem mathesibus beneuolentem Beniamin Wright Anglus Londinensis cælator anno Domini 1596 Author/Creator: Blagrave, John, d. 1611 Publication/Creation: London : S.n., 1596 Resource Type: Book Access & Availability: Loading
5. Baculum familliare, catholicon siue generale A booke of the making and vse of a staffe, newly inuented by the author, called the familiar staffe. As well for that it may be made vsually and familiarlie to walke with, as for that it performeth the geometrical mensurations of all altituded, longitudes, latitudes, distances and profundities: as many myles of, as the eye may well see and discerne: most speedily, exactly and familiarly without any maner of arithmeticall calculation, easily to be learned and practised, euen by the vnlettered. Newlie compiled, and at this time published for the speciall helpe of shooting in great ordinance, and other millitarie seruices, and may as well be imployed by the ingenious, for measuring of land, and to a number of other good purposes, both geometricall and astronomicall: by Iohn Blagraue ... Author/Creator: Blagrave, John, d. 1611 Publication/Creation: London : Printed by Hugh Iackson dvvelling in Fleete-streete a little beneath the Conduit, at the signe of S. Iohn the Euangelist, 1590 Resource Type: Book Access & Availability: Loading
6. The mathematical iewel, shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: yea or by most tables commonly extant: and that generally to all places from pole to pole. The vse of which iewel, is so aboundant and ample, that it leadeth any man practising thereon, the direct pathway (from the first steppe to the last) through the whole artes of astronomy, cosmography, geography, topography, nauigation, longitudes of regions, dyalling, sphericall triangles, setting figures, and briefely of whatsoeuer concerneth the globe or sphere: with great and incredible speede, plainenesse, facilitie, and pleasure: the most part newly founde out by the author, compiled and published for the furtherance, as well of gentlemen and others desirous of speculatiue knowledge, and priuate practise: as also for the furnishing of such worthy mindes, nauigators, and traueylers, that pretend long voyages or new discoueries: Author/Creator: Blagrave, John, d. 1611 Publication/Creation: [London] : Imprinted at London by Walter Venge, dwelling in Fleetelane ouer against the Maiden head., [1585] Resource Type: Book Access & Availability: Loading
7. The mathematical ievvel shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: ... The vse of which iewel, is so aboundant and ample, that it leadeth any man practising thereon, the direct pathway ... through the whole artes of astronomy, cosmography, ... and briefely of whatsoeuer concerneth the globe or sphere: ... The most part newly founde out by the author, compiled and published ... by Iohn Blagraue of Reading gentleman and well willer to the mathematickes, who hath cut all the prints or pictures of the whole worke with his owne hands. 1585 Author/Creator: Blagrave, John, d. 1611 Publication/Creation: Imprinted at London : by Walter Venge, dwelling in Fleetelane ouer against the Maiden head, [1585] Resource Type: Book Access & Availability: Loading